GOOSENECK

n.goos'neck. In a ship, a piece of iron fixed on one end of the tiller, to which the laniard of the whip-staff or wheel-rope comes, for steering the ship; also, an iron hook on the inner end of a boom.

gooseneck

goose neck |ˈgo͞osˌnek ˈɡusnɛk | ▶noun a support or pipe curved like a goose's neck: [ as modifier ] : a gooseneck lamp. • Sailing a metal fitting at the end of a boom, connecting it to a pivot or ring near the base of the mast.

gooseneck

goose |neck ▶noun 1 a support or pipe curved like a goose's neck. 2 Sailing a metal fitting at the end of a boom, connecting it to a pivot or ring at the base of the mast.

gooseneck

g ó ose n è ck 名詞 C 1 (ランプやマイクスタンドなどの )ガチョウ [ガン ]首状の (細く曲がる )もの .2 〘海 〙グースネック 〘帆の下げた前端部からマストまでの旋回軸 〙.